Fall 2011 Events

The UF Humanities Center invites all faculty to participate in a:

Practical Proposal-Writing Workshop for the Humanities

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

3:00-6:00pm

Library West 211

With
sponsorship from the CLAS Dean's Office as well as the Office of
Research,
the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere is continuing its
grant-writing programs through the 2011-12 academic year. The
goal is to support faculty members in the humanities by disseminating
information about the varied grants/fellowships available in
the humanities, highlighting and supplementing resources and
infrastructure at UF to support humanities grant-writing, and
running grant workshops and proposal review opportunities.

This
hands-on
grant/fellowship proposal-writing workshop, led by Bess de Farber, will focus on two
activities to demystify the grant-writing process. First, it will guide
participants through a dissection of the often 'theoretical' guidelines
issued by funding bodies to convert these into 'practical' strategies
for manageable and effective grant-writing. Second, faculty will
have the opportunity to see
the process through reviewers' eyes by analyzing and discussing
examples of past successful and unsuccessful funding proposals. This
workshop will include examples from traditional grant and fellowship
programs in the humanities, such as the faculty Fulbright and NEH
Summer Stipend competitions, as well as examples of larger
collaborative
projects and projects involving the development of archival resources.

Two preparatory readings will be circulated before the workshop.

Please RSVP to Dr. Sophia Acord, Associate Director, Center for the Humanities and the
Public Sphere, <skacord>.

Bess de Farber, is the University
of Florida Libraries’ grants manager, and previously served as the University
of Arizona Libraries’ grants manager. She has provided grantsmanship
instruction throughout the past 26 years, and has led efforts to secure
millions in grant funding for nonprofits and academic libraries. Her research
interest is asset-based collaboration development. As a certified professional
facilitator through the International Association of Facilitators, she invented
the CoLAB Planning Series®, large group processes, for individuals and
organizations seeking new collaborative partnerships. This process has served
more than 1,200 individuals and 600 organizations since 2002. de Farber has
served on grants panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, Florida
Division of Cultural Affairs, Education Foundation of Palm Beach County,
Arizona State TRIF (Technology Research Initiative Fund) Awards, and The
Children’s Trust (Dade County). As program officer for the Community Foundation
of Palm Beach and Martin Counties and Palm Beach County Cultural Council she
managed the allocation of funds for arts and culture, human and race relations,
and social services. Price Waterhouse/South Florida magazine honored her
as the Up & Comer for Community Development. She holds a Master of
Nonprofit Management from Florida Atlantic University, and Bachelor of Music
from the University of Southern California.